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richard67
27 May 2026

Pull Request resolves # .

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Summary of Changes

This pull request (PR) updates the composer dependency "symfony/yaml" from version v6.4.25 to version v6.4.41 to fix three security vulnerabilities of unknown severity reported by composer audit.

Release notes:

All changes: symfony/yaml@v6.4.25...v6.4.41

Testing Instructions

  1. Run composer install and then composer audit.
  2. Verify that there are no breaking changes done with this update by checking the release information listed above in the summary of changes.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

  1. Composer audit
Found 4 security vulnerability advisories affecting 2 packages:
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | symfony/yaml                                                                     |
| Severity          |                                                                                  |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-v5yj-8nmz-sk2q                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2026-45304                                                                   |
| Title             | CVE-2026-45304: YAML Parser Exponential Memory Allocation via Recursive          |
|                   | Collection-Alias Expansion ("Billion Laughs")                                    |
| URL               | https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45304                                               |
| Affected versions | >=2.0.0,<3.0.0|>=3.0.0,<4.0.0|>=4.0.0,<5.0.0|>=5.0.0,<5.1.0|>=5.1.0,<5.2.0|>=5.2 |
|                   | .0,<5.3.0|>=5.3.0,<5.4.0|>=5.4.0,<5.4.52|>=6.0.0,<6.1.0|>=6.1.0,<6.2.0|>=6.2.0,< |
|                   | 6.3.0|>=6.3.0,<6.4.0|>=6.4.0,<6.4.40|>=7.0.0,<7.1.0|>=7.1.0,<7.2.0|>=7.2.0,<7.3. |
|                   | 0|>=7.3.0,<7.4.0|>=7.4.0,<7.4.12|>=8.0.0,<8.0.12                                 |
| Reported at       | 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | symfony/yaml                                                                     |
| Severity          |                                                                                  |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-ft77-7h5f-p3r6                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2026-45305                                                                   |
| Title             | CVE-2026-45305: YAML Parser ReDoS via Catastrophic Backtracking in               |
|                   | Parser::cleanup() Regex                                                          |
| URL               | https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45305                                               |
| Affected versions | >=2.0.0,<3.0.0|>=3.0.0,<4.0.0|>=4.0.0,<5.0.0|>=5.0.0,<5.1.0|>=5.1.0,<5.2.0|>=5.2 |
|                   | .0,<5.3.0|>=5.3.0,<5.4.0|>=5.4.0,<5.4.52|>=6.0.0,<6.1.0|>=6.1.0,<6.2.0|>=6.2.0,< |
|                   | 6.3.0|>=6.3.0,<6.4.0|>=6.4.0,<6.4.40|>=7.0.0,<7.1.0|>=7.1.0,<7.2.0|>=7.2.0,<7.3. |
|                   | 0|>=7.3.0,<7.4.0|>=7.4.0,<7.4.12|>=8.0.0,<8.0.12                                 |
| Reported at       | 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | symfony/yaml                                                                     |
| Severity          |                                                                                  |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-b14r-zh1d-vdrc                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2026-45133                                                                   |
| Title             | CVE-2026-45133: YAML Parser Stack Exhaustion via Unbounded Recursion in Nested   |
|                   | Blocks, Sequences, and Mappings                                                  |
| URL               | https://symfony.com/cve-2026-45133                                               |
| Affected versions | >=2.0.0,<3.0.0|>=3.0.0,<4.0.0|>=4.0.0,<5.0.0|>=5.0.0,<5.1.0|>=5.1.0,<5.2.0|>=5.2 |
|                   | .0,<5.3.0|>=5.3.0,<5.4.0|>=5.4.0,<5.4.52|>=6.0.0,<6.1.0|>=6.1.0,<6.2.0|>=6.2.0,< |
|                   | 6.3.0|>=6.3.0,<6.4.0|>=6.4.0,<6.4.40|>=7.0.0,<7.1.0|>=7.1.0,<7.2.0|>=7.2.0,<7.3. |
|                   | 0|>=7.3.0,<7.4.0|>=7.4.0,<7.4.12|>=8.0.0,<8.0.12                                 |
| Reported at       | 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
| Severity          | medium                                                                           |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-3mms-4n3p-ym65                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2024-39912                                                                   |
| Title             | The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames  |
| URL               | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27                                |
| Affected versions | >=4.5.0,<4.9.0                                                                   |
| Reported at       | 2024-07-15T16:37:49+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Found 1 abandoned package:
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Abandoned Package         | Suggested Replacement                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| web-auth/metadata-service | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  1. Not applicable.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

  1. Composer audit
Found 1 security vulnerability advisory affecting 1 package:
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Package           | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
| Severity          | medium                                                                           |
| Advisory ID       | PKSA-3mms-4n3p-ym65                                                              |
| CVE               | CVE-2024-39912                                                                   |
| Title             | The FIDO2/Webauthn Support for PHP library allows enumeration of valid usernames  |
| URL               | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-875x-g8p7-5w27                                |
| Affected versions | >=4.5.0,<4.9.0                                                                   |
| Reported at       | 2024-07-15T16:37:49+00:00                                                        |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Found 1 abandoned package:
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Abandoned Package         | Suggested Replacement                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| web-auth/metadata-service | web-auth/webauthn-lib                                                            |
+---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  1. No breaking changes.

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avatar richard67 richard67 - open - 27 May 2026
avatar richard67 richard67 - change - 27 May 2026
Status New Pending
avatar joomla-cms-bot joomla-cms-bot - change - 27 May 2026
Category External Library Composer Change
avatar brianteeman brianteeman - test_item - 27 May 2026 - Tested successfully
avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 27 May 2026

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on b907c24


This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/47847.

avatar brianteeman
brianteeman - comment - 27 May 2026

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on b907c24


This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/47847.

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